Arsenal 4-0 Slavia Praha: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2007
Result
Arsenal 4-0 Slavia Praha
Champions League · Tuesday 23 October 2007, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0
Arsenal 4-0 Slavia Praha: match report
Arsenal beat Slavia Praha 4-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday 23 October 2007. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Cesc Fàbregas opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Arsenal's goals came from Cesc Fàbregas (5'), an own goal by David Hubáček (24'), Theo Walcott (41'), Alexander Hleb (51'), Theo Walcott (55'), Cesc Fàbregas (58') and Nicklas Bendtner (89'). Slavia Praha did not score.
Discipline: Arsenal received 3 yellow cards; Slavia Praha received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Arsenal were 4th on 12 points from 4 and Slavia Praha 6th on 11 points from 6. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Going into the match Arsenal's last five read W-W-W-W and Slavia Praha's L-W-W-W-D.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 11'Yellow card · Mathieu Flamini
- 24'Own goal · David Hubáček
- 41'Goal · Theo Walcott
- 51'Goal · Alexander Hleb
- 52'Yellow card · Gaël Clichy
- 55'Goal · Theo Walcott
- 58'Goal · Cesc Fàbregas
- 59'Yellow card · Alexander Hleb
- 71'Yellow card · Ladislav Volesak
- 89'Goal · Nicklas Bendtner
Team news
Arsenal line-up (4-4-2)
Almunia, Bacary Sagna, Kolo Touré, William Gallas, Gaël Clichy, Emmanuel Eboué, Cesc Fàbregas, Alexander Hleb, Mathieu Flamini, Emmanuel Adebayor, Theo Walcott